Kalmar "Kampuchean" tsohuwar kalma ce don "Kambodiya" da aka yi amfani da ita a lokacin mulkin Khmer Rouge a ƙarshen 1970s. Kalmomin da yawa na Cambodia suna ɗaukar rashin hankali da rashin hankali kuma bai kamata a yi amfani da su ba. Maimakon haka, yana da kyau a yi amfani da kalmar "Kambodiya" ko "Khmer" don nufin mutane ko harshe.Game da ma'anar kalmar, "Kampuchea" shine sunan Cambodia a lokacin Khmer. Tsarin mulki na Rouge, da suffix "-ean" wani kari ne na gama gari da ake amfani da shi don nuna kasa, kamar a cikin "Amurka" ko "Turai." Don haka "Kampuchean" zai kasance yana nufin "ko dangantaka da Kampuchea," ko fiye da sauƙi, "Kambodiya." Koyaya, kuma, yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa wannan kalmar ba ta dace da amfani ba.